The governor of Imo State, Senator Hope Uzodimma has assured Imo people that there will never be any attack on the state again.
Uzodimma who gave this assurance yesterday, after a Holy Mass at the Government Chapel Owerri, was reacting to rumour of planned ‘mother of all attacks’ in Imo, which peddlers of the rumour insinuate that nothing will remain in the state after the attack.
According to the governor, such rumours were designed to put fears in the mind of Imo people and assured that no such thing would happen.
“Imo people and residents should go about their businesses without fear of molestation or harassment. What happened in the past weeks will never repeat itself again.”
Governor Uzodimma seized the opportunity to reiterate his earlier stand that those perpetrating the violence and evil in Imo State are mostly not Igbo people but hired machineries.
He insisted that the government under his watch will not allow those who visited mayhem on the people to operate again in Imo state.
His words: “We will crush anybody that attempts to cause mayhem or attack Imo people again. Government cannot surrender to blackmailers, hoodlums and perpetrators of violence who have sworn to make the state ungovernable.”
The governor reiterated that over 400 of those who carried out the threats on the state in the past have been arrested and undergoing trials in the courts, adding, “The good thing there is that over 70 per cent of them are not Igbos.”
Concluding, the governor enjoined the citizens of Imo State to feel free so long as you are not a criminal”.
He also advised those planning to visit the state with any form of violence to have a rethink as “government is more than ever ready and prepared to keep Imo safe and secured.”
In another development, Governor Uzodomma has felicitated with the Chaplain of the Government House Chaple, Rev. Fr. Dr. Gilbert Alaribe on the occasion of his 50th birthday, Sunday.
Speaking at a ceremony organised by the governor to appreciate the Rev Father at the Chapel after the Church Service, the Governor said: “It is necessary that we appreciate our own at a time like this towards the building of the spiritual life of members of the Church and Imo people in general.”
Responding, the celebrator expressed his gratitude to the Governor and all who were present for the honour done him and for “making the birthday a unique one.”
